Alexithymia and Obesity
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Vol. 57 (3) , 88-93
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000288580
Abstract
Many authors consider alexithymia a predisposing factor to psychosomatic and somatopsychic pathologies. In this study we investigated the presence of alexithymic characteristics in a group of 106 massive obese patients who requested a surgical intervention. 6 Rorschach alexithymia variables in the protocols of patients and a non-patient reference group (n = 600) were studied. Findings supported the presence of a striking alexithymic element among severely obese patients in comparison with their lean counterparts.Keywords
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